Dale Rogers, Chris Thompson, Tanica Jamison Sparkle on Final Day of Kerr-McGee

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma December 19. AND on the final day she rested.

After winning four races and setting three impressive meet records in a like number of days, Lakeside's Rachel Komisarz — the pride of Louisville and Lexington and a 2004 U.S. Olympian — didn't compete on the final night of the Kerr-McGee Elite Pro-Am meet here this evening at Oklahoma City Community College's Natatorium.

But former University of Wisconsin Badger Dale Rogers, already a double-winner in the 50-200 frees and runner-up in the 100 breast — all in prs — won his third race with a 42.69 100-yard free, another pr.

Rogers won the 50 last night in 19.50 and went 1:35.18 to splash to gold in the 200 free. His 100 breast pr that got him the runner-up spot was a 54.65. Look for Rogers to be in the hunt for a possible relay berth at the World Championship Trials at Indianapolis in April.

Another former collegian who made a major splash was ex-Michigan Wolverine Chris Thompson, Sydney bronze medallist in the 1500 free and American/NCAA record-holder in the 1650 free from the collegiate championships at Texas A&M three seasons ago.

Thompson, who suffered what could have been a career-ending injury shortly before the Olympic Trials last summer and thus wasn't competitive at Long Beach, looked like his old self in the 1650 as he "cruised" to a fine 14:51.54 victory over Mission's Chad Carvin's 15:00.08.

Thompson's AR is 14:26.62 and his swim tonight has to be encouraging. If he can return to his Olympic form he could make things very interesting for Australia's Grant Hackett, triple-defending World Champion and double Olympic champ in the 1500. Of course Thompson has to first make the World Championship team; and with USC's Larsen Jensen and Michigan's Peter Vanderkaay swimming well so far this season, that could be a tall order but…

Another men's winner was Tommy Sacco, swimming unattached, who picked up his second gold with a pr 1:46.13 200 back. Sacco won the 100 back last night in a pr 48.36. Second in the 200 was SMU's Ian Clark, 200 IM champ, who went a pr 1:46.17. Mission's Hiro Sugimoto, a member of the Japanese national team, won the 200 fly (1:48.13).

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Former University of Texas Big 12 champ Tanica Jamison, who scored golds with prs in the 100 back and 200 IM earlier in the competition, got win No. 3 with a pr 48.95 100 free over FAST's Dana Vollmer's 49.43. Jamison is now training with Randy Reese's Longhorn Aquatics' team.

Jamison's old career-best was a 49.17 leading off Texas' 400 free relay at last year's NCAAs.

Vollmer took the 50 fly in 23.88.

Another Longhorn Aquatics' winner was 15-year-old Kelsey Dana in the 1650 free (pr 16:21.19). Teammate Alexi Spann, a breaststroker, got her second win with a 1:03.02 100 clocking, following on the heels of her pr 2:12.72 200 victory. Dallas Mustang's Codie Hansen, a former Texas prep 200 free champ, showed her versatility with a 1:59.22 200 back win. City of Plano's Emily Neal (1:59.47) was second. The home team's Samantha Woodward gave Kerr-McGee a win with a 2:01.32 200 fly effort.

Justine Schluntz of Duke (the club in New Mexico, not the university) won the 400 IM (4:19.46).